A new week

What a busy weekend we had. My hubby took our oldest and youngest up to Atlanta for the SEC Championship...we are diehard Gator fans as well as season ticket holders. The flew out on Saturday morning and Katie, Dylann and Billy (Katie's man of the hour) drove over to Disney for the weekend. It was chilly in Orlando and so we just decided to hang out at the resort instead of going into a park...I was especially glad we did. Taking a 9 mo. old into a crowded amusement park is not my idea of a good time. There aren't many rides that she would be able to lap-ride on, so it wouldn't have been fun. For those of you that are not FL residents or experienced Disney visitors, let me explain: First of all we only live 40 minutes from Disney and we go there 3 or 4 times a year. Disney has 4 major parks: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Stuios (Old MGM). There are a few water parks as well. There are several Disney resorts where you can stay on the grounds and take the free Disney transportation wherever you want to go inside of Disney. There 4 or 5 luxury resorts and then some mid priced and economy priced resorts as well. We stayed at the Boardwalk Villas (I would not do that again). It's creatd after a turn-of-the-century Atlantic City beach theme and I chose this because it is like a small city surrounding a pretty lake...ie things to do if you aren't going in a park! It was nice and clean, but we had to walk a mile of hallways to get to and from our room because there were a limited number of elevators. Whatever... Disney has a wonderful place called Downtown Disney with great restaurants, entertianment and shopping...this is where we enjoy going in the evenings. So, we all ate dinner together on the boardwalk and then Dilly and I went back to our room while Katie and Billy hopped a bus over to Downtown Disney. I watched the Gators pummel Alabama and then I put Dilly down, then I read for a couple of hours and then went to sleep... Kate and Billy came crawling in around 1 am. We slept in and then headed out for breakfast. It was nice, relaxing and a change of scenery for us. Now we're home and back to the routine, but I feel refreshed.

Christmas shopping is almost done...only a few more things to get. Lights are strung outside...I'll take a pic and post it soon. Come on Christmas!! You all have a wonderful week!!